Project Management

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Vorlesungstermine WS 2004-05

22.11.2004
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Objectives

At the end of this course, you will be able to –

Use project management skills
Explain the key principles
Build your project team
Identify and validate your project requirements
Transform requirements into specifications
Use change management to control requirements
Prepare a WBS
Prepare a risk management plan
Establish a project estimate
Compile and manage reliable network schedules
Use project management tools to control project execution
Prepare and execute a project closeout strategy

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Course Content

Unit 1: Introduction
Objectives
Course contents
Project management history
IBM’s view of project management
Project management a core competence
Project management in organizations
Project management organizations
Literature and information sources

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Course Content

Unit 2: Getting Started

Objectives
What is a project?
What is project management?
Project life cycle and phases
The project environment
Sources of conflict in a project environment
Project management, complexity, and change
Key Messages - Unit 2

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Course Content (continued)

Unit 3: Kicking Off the Project

Objectives
Project organization
Matrix project organization
Project organization: survival techniques
Project charter and team charter
Key Messages - Unit 3

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Course Content (continued)

Unit 4: Project Selection

Objectives
Nonnumeric selection models
Project selection overview
Life-cost cycle
Profitability measures
Using financial measures to select projects and alternative strategies
Key messages - Unit 4

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Course Content (continued)

Unit 5: Project Definition and Requirements

Objectives
Project requirements
Scope definition
Specification questions
Project definition and requirements: organizing for results
Key Messages - Unit 5

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Course Content (continued)

Unit 6: Developing the Work Breakdown Structure

Objectives
Value of the WBS
WBS definitions
WBS development process
Uses of the WBS
Key Messages - Unit 6

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Course Content (continued)

Unit 7: Risk Fundamentals

Objectives
Risk management
Risk characteristics
Risk management process
Risk identification
Risk analysis
Risk estimation approaches
Risk quantification and expected value
Risk prioritization
Risk mitigation strategies
Key Messages - Unit 7

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Course Content (continued)

Unit 8: Resource Issues and Allocation

Objectives
Resource planning
Project manager responsibilities
Functional management responsibilities
Functional manager operations
Sample resource/responsibility matrix
Key Messages - Unit 8

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Course Content (continued)

Unit 9: Estimating
Objectives
Reasons for estimating
Levels of estimating
Estimate methodologies - according to PMI
Effort, duration, and elapsed time
Estimating tool selection issues
Key Messages - Unit 9

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Course Content (continued)

Unit 10: Network Logic and Scheduling

Objectives
A practical approach to project scheduling
Schedule types
Project scheduling
Network analysis
Leveling
Rolling-wave planning concept
Gantt chart
Milestone chart
Key Messages - Unit 10

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Course Content (continued)

Unit 11: Project Control

Objectives
Baseline basics
Establishing baselines
Change control
Crashing a network
Executing the risk mitigation plan
Risk evaluation
Documenting risk management results
Earned value
Key Messages - Unit 11

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Course Content (continued)

Unit 12: Project Completion

Objectives
Project closeout
Action items for closeout
Key Messages - Unit 12

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Project Management History

Project management is around almost as long as

man kind
Pyramids – 4500 years ago
Cathedrals

About 40 year ago PM started to become a

profession mainly drive by NASA
For the last 10 – 15 years it is a profession by itself
and people can become certified PM’s

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The IBM Project Management Community

In support of our market-driven strategy, IBM will manage its
business as a project-based business. Projects are the means
by which we will create solutions to satisfy specific client needs.
The corporation will fully apply and integrate project
management into all core business processes and systems.

- Accepted by IBM Corporate Executive Committee

On November 19. 1996

Project management is a critical professional disciplin

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Project Management a Core Competence

Organizational Competence that means:

Work is organized along project lines
Projects are consistently funded, staffed and managed in all business units,
and project management has a consistent role in overall business processes
Individuals involved in project management understand their roles in
individual and multiple projects, in terms of:
Planning
Implementing
Evaluating

Project outcomes can be predicted with high degrees of certainty; when

predictions are incorrect, you have the knowledge and ability to adjust
decisions and take proper corrective actions early.

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Project Management in Organizations

Project management provides an organization with Powerful tools
that improve its ability to plan, implement, and control its activities
as well as the ways in which it utilizes its people and resources.

Performance
Required Performance

Target
Cost
Budget limit

Due date

Time (“schedule”) Source: Meredith & Mantel

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Project Management Organizations

PMI (Project Management Institut)

Worldwide organization with roots in the US
Has several chapters in Germany
Provides certification
www.pmi.org

GPM (Gesellschaft für Projekt Management)

Organization based in Germany
Provides certification
www.gpm.de

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Literature and Information Sources

Project Management: a managerial approach
Jack R. Meredith, Samual J. Mantel, Jr.
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
(PMBOK Guide) / 2000 Edition
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Handbuch Projektmanagement 1 und 2 (GPM)
H. Reschke, H. Schelle, R. Schnopp
Projektmanagement
Prof. Dipl.-Kfm. Klaus Birker
Projekte zum Erfolg führen
Prof. Dr. Heinz Schelle
www.pmi.org - PMBOK Guide 2000 Edition (excerpts)
www.gpm.de – Gesellschaft für ProjektManagement - GPM

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